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TransAsia crash captured on footage (Video + Mayday Call + photos)

Rescue efforts are still underway for Flight GE 235

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12 people died, 30 are still missing and a number were injured after a TransAsia Airways plane crash landed into the Keelung river near Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The ATR-72 turbo-prop plane clipped a bridge before crashlanding. Flight controllers lost contact with the plane that was heading to the Kinmen islands, near Xiaman.

Below is the Mayday signal sent by the pilots to the air traffic control tower. It is chilling.

Chilling footage filmed from passing cars captures the moment of impact after it hit a taxi, clipped the bridge and then crashed into the river.

There were fifty-eight people (53 passengers, 5 crew) on board. Those rescued are being brought by dinghies to the shore as passengers are being pulled out of the plane with ropes.

Σύμφωνα με τις πρώτες πληροφορίες στην πτήση GE 235 βρίσκονταν 58 επιβαίνοντες (53 επιβάτες και 5 πλήρωμα). Η τύχη 30 εξα υτών αγνοείται, ενώ 16 ήταν οι τραυματίες που διασώθηκαν μεταφέρθηκαν στο νοσοκομείο. Σωστικά συνεργεία έχουν ξεκινήσει ήδη επιχείρηση απεγκλωβισμού των παγιδευμένων επιβατών, ενώ έχει επιβεβαιωθεί ότι οι νεκροί μέχρι τώρα είναι 12. Ανάμεσα στους επιβαίνοντες ήταν και δύο παιδιά.

Το αεροσκάφος, ένα ATR 72-600, πραγματοποιούσε πτήση από την Ταιπέι στο νησί Κίνμεν, όταν για άγνωστους λόγους έχασε ύψος και έπεσε στο ποτάμι.

Το 2014 η Transasia είχε εμπλακεί σε ένα ακόμη αεροπορικό δυστύχημα, καθώς 48 άνθρωποι έχασαν τη ζωή τους όταν ένα ίδιου τύπου αεροσκάφος προσπάθησε να προσγειωθεί κάτω από αντίξοες καιρικές συνθήκες στο νησί Μαγκόνγκ.


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